the unsung heroines of sports history

"Linda Bono is a
meter maid in NYC. 'Don't call me a cop. I don't arrest anybody.' When she
is not working. Linda rides a 74 Harley she rebuilt herself. 'I got busted
once, it was complicated, but they impounded my bike. I hassled them for
months and I finally got everything but the engine back. So I had to put
that back together. I could not afford to have the frame sandblasted so I
had to do that. I had no tools, no manual, I didn't know anything. I became
obsessed with mechanics. I could never understand before, the biker and his
attitude towards his machine, like touch it and I will kill you. But now I
have one and I understand. A lot of guys believe their bike reflects them.
Like they have not got enough security to stand by themselves so they jam
around and say look at my bio look at my bike. It is not easy being a women
in the biking community. The biggest obstacle I had to overcome was the way
people reacted to me without knowing me. They see my ride by and they say
look at that dyke. Thats the thing that gets me. This society makes so many
snap judgements." - WomenSports 1974